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I remember this was a phrase repeated several times at the 2005, Looking Back, Moving Forward women's conference in Wellington, 2005. Why...

Number one - Are we losing women in the leadership pipeline in Aotearoa, as a result of COVID? Evidence from the US says that's what's...

I've come to terms with a side of my personality - a lack of optimism - and am trying to counter it. That's maybe why I focus on people...

This Saturday night there was nothing worth watching on TV, so my husband and I watched a programme he'd recorded a while before. And I'm...

Yesterday the Cleveland Cavs played the Los Angeles Lakers. If you're not a basketball fan, you probably don't care. But it was an...

At the beginning of 2020 (which feels like a decade ago) we joined the #OneWord365 challenge. The idea was this word would set your tone...

2020 was the first year I joined #oneword365. It was easy—I simply chose a word to inform the focus of my year. I chose #enjoy. The title...

The Great War, volunteers, and socks combined to create a leadership opportunity for Lady Annette Liverpool in New Zealand in 1914. One...

I used to work with an asshole. You might be imagining something like this photo: a person loudly shouting, aggressively swearing, and...

A friend asked me this morning how New Zealanders celebrate Thanksgiving. I paused before reminding her it's an American holiday and...

Joe Biden's first speech as President-elect was a key milestone in the transition of power. Was it great? Possibly not. Was it coherent...

Growing up, there a quote my dad was quite fond of: When you ASSUME you can make an ASS of U and ME.

We need to understand the neuroscience of how and why people vote. We've got plenty of evidence that emotion wins over rational argument.

Politicians are caught in a huge cauldron of steaming ambiguity.

Yesterday I put myself through a lot of pain. Three separate painful sessions to be exact. One was necessary (a dentist appointment), one...